Stephen Edward Carson 54 Knob Hill Street Sharon, MA 02067 (617) 633-4659 stephen.e.carson@gmail.com PDF Format Resume Professional Experience | Board Service | Education | Teaching Experience | Committee Service | Publications Summary Fourteen years' experience managing higher education programs, projects, and digital learning initiatives, including MIT OpenCourseWare. Extensive background in strategic planning, management, and evaluation/assessment; open education strategies and intellectual property rights in the higher education context; and database implementation and management. Proven written and oral communication skills, including five yearsŐ work as a writing instructor, extensive presentation experience, and publication history. Professional Experience External Relations Director, November 2006 - Present OpenCourseWare, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA • senior management team member; significant responsibility for annual strategic planning, including development of program mission, goals, and assessment; supervise two external relations staff; direct all external relations activities, including fundraising, OCW Consortium, and media relations; cultivate relationships with external strategic partners and advisors to extend the reach and impact of OCW; maintain mission-critical database system Senior Strategist, January 2005 - November 2006 OpenCourseWare, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA • senior management team member; cultivated relationships with external strategic partners and advisors to extend the reach and impact of OCW; directed evaluation activities, including annual program and process evaluations, interim studies, and management reporting; maintained mission-critical database system Evaluation Specialist, October 2003 - January 2005 OpenCourseWare, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA • senior management team member; directed evaluation activities, including annual program and process evaluations, interim studies, and management reporting; maintained mission-critical database system Senior Faculty Liaison, Humanities/Department Liaison Program Coordinator January 2003 - October 2003 OpenCourseWare, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA • managed publication of all Humanities OpenCourseWare sites; implemented and oversaw 10-person department-based resource program; developed, implemented and maintained mission-critical database system Associate Director, February 2000 - January 2003 Interim Associate Director, September 1998 - February 2000 Division of Continuing Education, Emerson College, Boston, MA • oversaw of 300+ faculty and the Adult Degree Coordinator; developed and implemented academic programs; coordinated divisional advising services Coordinator, Adult Degree Program, September 1997 - September 1998 Division of Continuing Education, Emerson College, Boston, MA • oversaw nine degree programs in three disciplines; advised 280+ students; assisted with scheduling, faculty hiring and contracting Board Service Board of Directors (President '08-'11) April 2008-2012 OpenCourseWare Consortium, Cambridge, MA • oversaw the incorporation of the OCW Consortium as a Massachusetts 501c3 non-profit organization; secured three-year $1.5 M grant from William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to support Consortium activities; generated $350K in support commitments from Consortium members. Education Global Social Benefit Incubator, August 2006 Center for Science, Technology and Society, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA Certificate in Web Production and Management, August 2000 Division of Continuing Education, Emerson College, Boston, MA MFA in Creative Writing, May 1997 Writing, Literature, and Publishing Division, Emerson College, Boston, MA BA in Liberal Arts, December 1990 Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV See additional educational information. Teaching Experience The OpenFiction Project, Sharon, MA • Independent opencourseware project making openly available the full materials from the distance learning course taught at Emerson College Division of Continuing Education (see below). Emerson College, Boston, MA • CE0260 Fictional Narrative Basics Workshop, March 4-29, 2002 • CS682 Database Management, January 2002 • CE0261 Publication in the Literary Arts Journal Market, Oct. 15th 2001, June 4th, 2002 • WP211 Introduction to Creative Writing: Fiction, Distance Learning Course, Spring 2001, Summer 2001, Fall 2001, Spring 2002, Summer 2002 • WP217 Introduction to Creative Writing: Mixed Genre (Poetry/Fiction), Fall 2000 • WP121 Essay Writing: U.S. Multiculturalism, Spring 1998, Fall 1998, Spring 1999, Spring 2000 Committee Service KNEXT Education Software & Solutions, Fort Lauderdale, FL • Advisory Committee Member, May 2012-Present University of Washington, Educational Outreach, Seattle, WA • Advisory Board Member, November 2010-Present Peer 2 Peer University • Advisory Committee Member, October 2008-Present Learning International Networks Consortium, Cambridge, MA • Advisory Committee Member, November 2007-Present Health Sciences Online, Vancouver, BC • Advisory Committee Member, June 2006-Present 2011 Global OpenCourseWare Consortium Conference, Cambridge, MA • Planning Committeee Co-Chair, June 2010-May 2011 Emerson College, Boston, MA • NEASC Reaccreditation Self-Study Committee, Programs & Instruction Subcommittee, March 2001-December 2002 • Strategic Planning Committee, New Markets Task Force, October 2000-December 2000 • Academic Planning Committee, Continuing Education Representative, April 2000-December 2002 • Outcomes Assessment Development Committee, December 1999-December 2002 • Outcomes Assessment Preliminary College-Wide Committee, October 1999 Publications Professional The Massive Open Online Professor, Academic Matters, May 2012 The Unwalled Garden: Growth of the OpenCourseWare Consortium, 2001-2008, Open Learning, Vol. 24, No. 1, February 2009 (with Jeff Lazarus) The OpenCourseWare Model: High-Impact Open Educational Content, Educational Technology, Volume XLVII Number 6 MIT OpenCourseWare 2005 Program Evaluation Findings, available via MIT OpenCourseWare site, 2006 MIT OpenCourseWare 2004 Program Evaluation Findings, available via MIT OpenCourseWare site, 2005 MIT OpenCourseWare 2003 Program Evaluation Findings, available via MIT OpenCourseWare site, 2004 Fiction In This Late Hour, short story, Amherst Review, Volume XXIX, 2001 Monster Teeth, short story, Descant Magazine, Fall 1994 Creative Nonfiction The Kind of Boy I Was, Dry Creek Review, Spring 2001 Poetry Today, The Cape Rock, Spring 2002 The Company of Trees, The Cumberland Poetry Review, Spring 2001 Chestnut Hill Reservoir, The Distillery, Volume VIII Number 2, July 2001 Father, Cutting Vegetables, Gulf Stream, No. 16, 2000 The Penalty Tent, Passages North, Summer 1998 Dinner, Hawai'i Review, Fall/Winter 1997 Grief, Beacon Street Review, Spring 1995 Ruthie and Belle's Farm, Irwin, OH, Calliope, Spring 1989 Professional Experience | Board Service | Education | Teaching Experience | Committee Service | Publications